Ornamental connection of the parts of iron fences



H. JENKINS.

lron Fence.

No. 8,654. Patented Jany 13,1852.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY JENKINS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ORNAMENTAL CONNECTION OF THE PARTS OF IRON FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 8,654, dated January 13, 1852; Reissued September 6, 1859, No. 807. I

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY JENKINS, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Mode of Constructing Iron Fence, and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the principle or character which distinguishes it from all other things before known, and of the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part there-- My improvement consists in the mode of constructing and applying ornaments to wire and other wrought iron fences. The fence is constructed in any known and convenient form but I prefer that made and patented by me heretofore; the fence may be of any desirable pattern, and the ornaments especially adapted to the purpose are then cast upon it where the wrought iron pieces come together after the wrought iron parts are set up to fasten them. This is done by having molds of iron to fit the iron wire, which are in two parts, and shut upon it, so as to permit an iron ornament to be cast directly upon the fence at once, forming an ornament, and permanently fastening the parts together, making a cheap, durable, and highly ornamental structure, at. a much less cost per foot than a plain wrought iron fence of ordinary construction. After the parts of wrought iron are put together, the iron molds (a, 6,) see Fig. 2, or molds of any other form to suit the position the ornament is intended to occupy are put together over the wire, and the melted iron poured in, which consolidates the parts. To form a picket, one of the wires are left projecting above the top rail, and the picket is cast upon it, which fastens the parts perfectly; at the same time, the iron running into the joints, and cementing the whole together, makes the joints water tight and permanent. A shoulder is also formed in the same way on the under side of the top rail on the wires.

Having thus fully described my improvements in manufacturing fence, what I claim therein as new, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is-

Connecting the parts of a wrought iron fence to each other by casting iron ornaments upon them for the purposes of ornarnentin and fastening the parts together,

substantially in the manner herein described.

HENRY JENKINS.

[Fms'r PRINTED 1913.] 

